diff --git a/Libraries/Lists/SectionList.js b/Libraries/Lists/SectionList.js
index 757714678..24e400481 100644
--- a/Libraries/Lists/SectionList.js
+++ b/Libraries/Lists/SectionList.js
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ type DefaultProps = typeof defaultProps;
  * Simple Examples:
  *
  *     <SectionList
- *       renderItem={({item}) => <ListItem title={item.title}}
+ *       renderItem={({item}) => <ListItem title={item.title} />}
  *       renderSectionHeader={({section}) => <H1 title={section.key} />}
  *       sections={[ // homogenous rendering between sections
  *         {data: [...], key: ...},
diff --git a/blog/2017-03-13-better-list-views.md b/blog/2017-03-13-better-list-views.md
index 3d7b75745..0b4f3dba7 100644
--- a/blog/2017-03-13-better-list-views.md
+++ b/blog/2017-03-13-better-list-views.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ If you want to render a set of data broken into logical sections, maybe with sec
 
 ```
 <SectionList
-  renderItem={({item}) => <ListItem title={item.title}}
+  renderItem={({item}) => <ListItem title={item.title} />}
   renderSectionHeader={({section}) => <H1 title={section.key} />}
   sections={[ // homogenous rendering between sections
     {data: [...], key: ...},